The Effect of Vocational Counseling Interventions for Adults with Substance Use Disorders: A Narrative Review
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Min Kim1, Andrew M Byrne2, Jihye Jeon1
1Department of Social Welfare, Incheon National University, Incheon 22012, Korea.
Abstract:
The authors reviewed the research literature evaluating the effectiveness of vocational counseling interventions focused on employment for consumers with substance use disorders. This review included 11 articles related to vocational counseling interventions, which are either incorporated with substance use treatment or not. The results of this review revealed that vocational counseling services have been highly efficacious in resulting in part-time and full-time jobs. The study designs had some limitations, and few studies employed randomized control trials (RCT).
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